Phonograph

animal strength and simple tools. The people who lived through these technological changes felt them to be much more than simple innovations. To them, these powers broke chains and froze time and space. Even inventions such as the photograph and phonograph contributed to that feeling because they made the past available to the present and the present to the…

Almost every year he was releasing a new tool for the world to see. “In 1888 he announced that he was working on ‘an instrument which does for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear.’ Within a few years, he and his associates had developed a movie camera, known as the kinetograph, and a device for watching films, the kinetoscope” (Corliss). Modern life would be a very slower and duller place if it wasn’t for…

The advantages of conservation for Art objects and heritage not only offer an opportunity to understand the history of art, it takes any country to the world map if done with rigour and skill. Anshita Arora draws a thin line between the day-to-day conservation of Art Objects and lists some commendable works that are under process the world over. Why do all of us preserve movies in a DVD format, and also in a hard disk for a back-up? Or why do we pay that extra money to the photo studio for any…

Fairytale isn’t necessarily the perfect word to describe this play written by Tennessee Williams, as a matter of fact it’s quite the opposite. There is no romantic ending in this memory play. Amanda Wingfield is a single mother of her two children, Tom and Laura. They live in a small apartment and their father had left them several years ago. Laura has come to the age where her mother wants her to find a “gentleman caller” or in other words a man who she can have a future with. For Amanda,…

Cultural Hijacking: The Commercialization of the Hip Hop Genre Ever since the formative years of the recorded music industry, Africana artists have played a major role in shaping some of the most influential music genres of the 20th century. Jazz, blues, and hip hop, to name a few, would not exist in the current state that they do today had it not been for all of the great artists who overcame racial intolerance and segregation through their art. Unfortunately, the period of social…

The Roaring Twenties and The Great Gatsby The Roaring Twenties was a time right after World War One where people rejected their traditional, moral standards. It was a time when economic growth, technological advances, and change in social standards encouraged a lively youth culture centered around the automobile, jazz music and illegal work such as bootlegging. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a book that dealt with the roaring twenties and perfectly was able to represent the types of…

Elvis In 1935, a man was born who unknowingly was about to change history. Elvis Presley a man of great dedication, was later on to be known as “The King of Rock and Roll”. He had such an effect on society that he is still very well known today, 41 years after his death. Elvis Presley’s significant effects on Rock and Roll helped to ease racial segregation and created a new youth generation. Elvis Presley first started off his career with pop music, until he moved on to expand Rock and Roll…

The primary test showing of an association between naturally visible piezoelectric marvels and crystallographic structure was distributed in 1880 by Pierre and Jacques Curie. Their analysis comprised of a decisive estimation of surface charges showing up on extraordinarily arranged precious stones (tourmaline, quartz, topaz, natural sweetener and Rochelle salt among them) which were subjected to mechanical anxiety. These outcomes were a sound representative for the Curies ' creative ability and…

complicated and scientific system used for potential energy. The prototype for the first telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. It was the first of it’s kind. Edison made a better version the light bulb. He also invented the phonograph in 1877. Another major invention was the steam drill in 1879. Many songs during this time period were somehow political. They would write songs that have a political view or perspective. Some songs were about prohibiting alcohol or women’s…

Feminism over “Of Mice and Men” Being a woman in earlier times was harder than it is now. In earlier times feminism was more significant than it is today, Women were not permitted to do things men were permitted to do. Feminism is the belief that women should have equal rights with men. There was significant amount of hatred toward women at the time. They had to do what they were told or they would most likely get hit. Woman had to define their own roles, and use talents for survival. Women…